A positive view of Black history takes root in CT
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Maame Obeng, an African-American teen attending Danbury High School, feels lucky to live in a diverse town where she’s able to see other people who look like her at school.
“However, I did partake in numerous Advanced Placement honors classes. When I was in class, my classmates weren’t African-American. They weren’t Hispanic,” she said. “I looked around the class and everybody was white.”
As schools recognize and mark the start of Black History Month with celebration and education, Obeng and many other people of color say they’re not looking forward to hearing more about slavery, segregation and the Civil War, along with many other events that traumatized and killed Black people.
Chadwick Boseman continues to get recognition even after his death.
On Tuesday, the NAACP Image Awards officially named Boseman as a nominee for outstanding actor and supporting actor. His last two performances in Ma Rainey s Black Bottom and Da 5 Bloods led him to get the aforementioned acknowledgements.
Meanwhile, Ma Rainey alone got nine nominations.
Because of Boseman s films, Netflix led the race with 48 nominations. Other Netflix projects that landed nominations include Bridgerton and #blackAF.
For the outstanding actor award, the Black Panther star is pitted with Anthony Mackie (The Banker), Delroy Lindo (Da 5 Bloods), Forest Whitaker (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey), and Will Smith (Bad Boys for Life).
Netflix Announces Will Smith-Led Documentary Series Amend: The Fight for America (TV News Roundup)
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Amend: The Fight for America” will premiere on
Feb. 17. Executive produced and hosted by
Will Smith, each hour-long episode will explore American history through a lens that will have its viewers questioning what a “United States” really means.
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When
Kiki Jordan was about eight months along in her pregnancy, she made the decision to work with a midwife for the remainder of her pregnancy, a choice she said changed her life.
“As a Black woman, I didn’t feel like I was really seen,” Jordan told
The Huffington Post. “I didn’t feel like I was being listened to. I was seeing a different provider every time I went in for my prenatal visits. I knew that I wasn’t going to know who would deliver my baby. I had these very short 15- to 30-minute visits, and there was no one speaking to me,” she explained.